"(1966), opposite Jason Robards and Dean Jones, and ""Barefoot in the Park"" (1967), again co-starring Redford. In 1968, she played the title role in the science fiction spoof ""Barbarella"", which established her status as a sex symbol. In contrast, the tragedy ""They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"" (1969) won her critical acclaim and marked a significant turning point in her career; ""Variety"" magazine wrote, ""Fonda, as the unremittingly cynical loser, the tough and bruised babe of the Dust Bowl, gives a dramatic performance that gives the film a personal focus and an emotionally gripping power."" In addition, renowned film critic Pauline"
"simply tedious."" Spirits of the Dead Spirits of the Dead (, ) is a 1968 ""omnibus"" film comprising three segments. The French title ""Histoires extraordinaires"" (translated to English as Extraordinary Stories) is from the first collection of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories translated by French poet Charles Baudelaire; the English title ""Spirits of the Dead"" is from an 1827 poem by Poe. American International Pictures distributed this horror anthology film featuring three Poe stories directed by European directors Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini. Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, Peter Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, and Terence Stamp are among the stars."
"worked with Visconti again for ""Il Gattopardo"" (""The Leopard"") with Burt Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale. This was the seventh biggest hit of the year in France; ""Any Number Can Win"" was the sixth. ""The Leopard"" was also widely screened in the U.S. through 20th Century Fox. Delon was now one of the most popular stars in France. He starred in a swashbuckler, ""The Black Tulip"" (1964), from a novel by Alexandre Dumas, another hit. ""Les Félins"" (1964), which reunited him with Rene Clement and co-starred Jane Fonda, was filmed in French and English versions. The latter was distributed by MGM,"
"Spirits of the Dead Spirits of the Dead (, ) is a 1968 ""omnibus"" film comprising three segments. The French title ""Histoires extraordinaires"" (translated to English as Extraordinary Stories) is from the first collection of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories translated by French poet Charles Baudelaire; the English title ""Spirits of the Dead"" is from an 1827 poem by Poe. American International Pictures distributed this horror anthology film featuring three Poe stories directed by European directors Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini. Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, Peter Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, and Terence Stamp are among the stars. The English-language"
"Joy House (film) Joy House (French title: Les Félins / UK title: The Love Cage) is a 1964 French mystery-thriller film starring Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, and Lola Albright. It is based on the 1954 novel by Day Keene. It was Clement's second film for MGM. In Monte Carlo, Marc, a handsome cardsharp, escapes American gangsters who have been ordered to kill him by the boss of a New York gang because he had an affair with the boss's wife. Marc hides in a mission for the poor where Barbara, a wealthy widow, finds him and hires him as her"
"had stated that fashion designer Paco Rabanne created Fonda's costumes. Recent fashion scholarship has demonstrated that Rabanne was only involved in the production of Fonda's final green outfit. All costumes in the film, including Fonda's, were designed by French costume designer Jacques Fonteray and manufactured by Sartoria Farani. Barbarella's outfits were Jacques Fonteray's interpretation of Forest's vision, combining orientalist and medieval aesthetics with samurai amours. Forest also worked on the production's design. In a 1985 interview, he said that during production he did not care about his original comic strip and was more interested in the film industry: ""The Italian"
"French and English versions, it was very popular in France, though less so in the US. Dino de Laurentiis wanted Fonda to star in a science fiction sex comedy, ""Barbarella"" (1968) and she agreed provided Vadim could direct. Following this he directed Fonda in a segment of the omnibus horror film ""Spirits of the Dead"" (1968) along with her brother Peter Fonda. During his marriage to Fonda, Vadim would accompany her back to the US periodically while she made movies there. He and Fonda broke up and Vadim directed ""Pretty Maids All in a Row"" (1971) for MGM, starring Rock"
"But I'm awfully glad I did it because it got me into France and I met [later husband Roger] Vadim. The film was partly shot in the historic Villa Torre Clementina. Joy House (film) Joy House (French title: Les Félins / UK title: The Love Cage) is a 1964 French mystery-thriller film starring Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, and Lola Albright. It is based on the 1954 novel by Day Keene. It was Clement's second film for MGM. In Monte Carlo, Marc, a handsome cardsharp, escapes American gangsters who have been ordered to kill him by the boss of a New"
"with the effervescent chemistry between its stars."" Barefoot in the Park (film) Barefoot in the Park is a 1967 American comedy film starring Jane Fonda as Corie, and Robert Redford as Paul. Based on Neil Simon's 1963 play of the same name, it focuses on newlyweds Corie and Paul Bratter and their adventures living in a minuscule sixth floor walk-up apartment in a Greenwich Village brownstone. Stuffed-shirt Paul is a hard-working young attorney just starting his practice, while spontaneous bride Corie is determined to create a romantic environment in one room with no heat, a hole in the skylight, and"
"of Ingmar Bergman's Swedish films ""Hamnstad"" (""Port of Call"", 1948) and ""Summer with Monika"" (1953), Jean-Pierre Melville's French film ""Bob le flambeur"" (""Bob the Gambler"", 1956, with Isabelle Corey, then-age 16), François Truffaut's ""Shoot the Piano Player"" (1960), ""The Awful Dr. Orloff"" (1961), a French-Spanish horror film by Jesús Franco, Brigitte Bardot's casual nude scenes in ""Contempt"" (1963) by Jean-Luc Godard, the French film ""The Game Is Over"" (1966, with Jane Fonda), Luis Buñuel's ""Belle de Jour"" (1967, with Catherine Deneuve) and ""Isadora"" (1968, with Vanessa Redgrave). Makers of the British film ""The Pleasure Girls"" (1965) shot an alternate version"
"launched the biker movie genre, and established Fonda as a movie name. Fonda next played the male lead in Corman's popular film ""The Trip"" (1967), a take on the experience and ""consequences"" of consuming LSD which was written by Jack Nicholson. Fonda then travelled to France to appear in the portmanteau horror movie ""Spirits of the Dead"" (1968). His segment co-starred Fonda's sister Jane and was directed by her then-husband Roger Vadim. In 1968, Fonda produced, co-wrote and starred in ""Easy Rider"", directed by Dennis Hopper, which was Fonda's breakthrough role, and a critical and commercial success. ""Easy Rider"" is"
"Barefoot in the Park (film) Barefoot in the Park is a 1967 American comedy film starring Jane Fonda as Corie, and Robert Redford as Paul. Based on Neil Simon's 1963 play of the same name, it focuses on newlyweds Corie and Paul Bratter and their adventures living in a minuscule sixth floor walk-up apartment in a Greenwich Village brownstone. Stuffed-shirt Paul is a hard-working young attorney just starting his practice, while spontaneous bride Corie is determined to create a romantic environment in one room with no heat, a hole in the skylight, and oddball neighbors. The title refers to Corie's"
"of revenge, is a stylish homage to the films of Alfred Hitchcock (once again starring Jeanne Moreau). ""Mississippi Mermaid"" (1969), with Catherine Deneuve, is an identity-bending romantic thriller. ""Stolen Kisses"" (1968) and ""Bed and Board"" (1970) are continuations of the Antoine Doinel Cycle, both starring Claude Jade as Antoine's fiancée and later wife Christine Darbon. ""The Wild Child"" (1970) included Truffaut's acting debut in the lead role of 18th century physician Jean Marc Gaspard Itard. ""Two English Girls"" (1971) is the female reflection of the same love story as ""Jules et Jim"". It is based on a story written by"
"to Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert after their home is burned by Seneca Indians. A comic performance as Laurence Olivier's domineering aunt in ""Pride and Prejudice"" and a role as Merle Oberon's grandmother in ""Lydia"" concluded her film career. When asked why she played predominantly comedic roles, she replied, ""With a horse's face, what more can I play?""; however, she was cast in non-comedic films such as ""Cimarron"" (1931), ""Ann Vickers"" (1933), ""A Tale of Two Cities"" (1935), ""David Copperfield"" (1935), and ""Romeo and Juliet"" (1936). Oliver died on her 59th birthday in 1942 following a short intestinal ailment that"
"Stamp and directed by Joseph Losey; ""The Fixer"" (1968), based on Bernard Malamud's novel, co-starring Alan Bates;""Sebastian"" (1968), as Sebastian, a mathematician working on code decryption, who falls in love with Susannah York, a decrypter in the all-female decoding office he heads for British Intelligence, also co-starring Sir John Gielgud, and Lilli Palmer, co-produced by Michael Powell; ""Oh! What a Lovely War"" (1969), co-starring Sir John Gielgud and Sir Laurence Olivier and directed by Richard Attenborough; ""Justine"" (1969), directed by George Cukor; ""Le Serpent"" (1973), co-starring Henry Fonda and Yul Brynner; ""A Bridge Too Far"" (1977), in a controversial performance"
"film credits include ""The Impossible Years"" (1968), ""Jaws 2"" (1978), ""House"" (1985), ""The Verne Miller Story"" (1987), ""Flatliners"" (1990) and ""Younger and Younger"" (1993). Her last film role was in the live-action version of ""Fist of the North Star"" (1995). She also played the main character in a ""Remington Steele"" episode. She had for many years a puppet theater in her home in Santa Monica, California and in 1964 published a book about making marionettes, ""Presenting Marionettes"" published by Art Horizons in hardcover. French died in 2003 of natural causes in Santa Monica, California, aged 91. Half of her ashes"
"to 1957. In the 1960s, Hergé became increasingly annoyed at the success of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's ""Asterix"" comic book series, which various commentators had described as eclipsing ""The Adventures of Tintin"" as the foremost comic in the Franco-Belgian tradition. Hoping to imitate the success of the recent animated films ""Asterix the Gaul"" (1967) and ""Asterix and Cleopatra"" (1968), Hergé agreed to the production of two animated Belvision films based on the ""Adventures of Tintin"". The first, ""Tintin and the Temple of the Sun"" (1969), was based on pre-existing comics, whereas the second, ""Tintin and the Lake of Sharks"""
"Brigitte Bardot, and Sophia Loren) before choosing his then-wife, Fonda. A friend of Vadim's, Terry Southern, wrote the initial screenplay, which changed considerably during filming and led to seven other writers credited in the final release, including Vadim and Forest. The film began shooting immediately following the completion of another De Laurentiis comic adaptation, """", with both films sharing several cast and crew members. The film was particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where it was the year's second-highest-grossing film. Contemporary film critics praised ""Barbarella"" visuals and cinematography, but found its storyline weak after the first few scenes. Although several"
"into a film in 1968 starring Fred Astaire and Petula Clark, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Although never a member of the Communist Party (he was a member of the Socialist Party, and joked that ""Yip"" referred to the Young People's Socialist League, nicknamed the ""Yipsels"") he had been involved in radical groups, and he was blacklisted. Harburg was named in a pamphlet ""Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television""; his involvement with the Hollywood Democratic Committee, and his refusal to identify reputed communists, led to him being blocked from working in Hollywood films, television, and"
"Roger Vadim updated the setting to modern-day Paris in the 1966 film ""La Curée"", released in English-speaking markets as ""The Game Is Over"". The film starred Jane Fonda, Michel Piccoli and Peter McEnery. La Curée La Curée (1871–72; English: ""The Kill"") is the 2nd novel in Émile Zola's 20-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. It deals with property speculation and the lives of the extremely wealthy Nouveau riche of the Second French Empire, against the backdrop of Baron Haussmann's reconstruction of Paris in the 1850s and 1860s. Vastly different from its predecessor and prequel ""La Fortune des Rougon"", ""La Curée"" - the"
"a tongue-in-cheek nod to his earlier motorcycle films, and the film was a massive box office success that year with a large ensemble cast. He also played a charismatic cult leader in ""Split Image"" (1983), a film which also starred James Woods, Karen Allen and Brian Dennehy. Despite the strong cast and positive reviews, the film failed to find an audience. Fonda later appeared in a series of films in the 1980s of varying genres: ""Daijōbu, My Friend"" (1983); ""Spasms"" (1983); ""Certain Fury"" (1985); ""The Rose Garden"" (1989). He also contributed to the script of ""Enemy"" (1990), in which he"
"is that because of my actions against the war my career had been destroyed ... But the truth is that my career, far from being destroyed after the war, flourished with a vigor it had not previously enjoyed."" She reduced acting because of her political activism providing a new focus in her life. Her return to acting in a series of 'issue-driven' films reflected this new focus. In 1972, Fonda starred as a reporter alongside Yves Montand in ""Tout Va Bien"", directed by Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin. The two directors then made ""Letter to Jane"", in which the two"
"Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper in ""Easy Rider"" (1969). Anders appeared in Robert Altman's ""That Cold Day in the Park"", which premiered in 1969 at the Cannes Film Festival. Anders' friend Jack Nicholson was being feted at the festival for ""Easy Rider"" and he made a point of attending a screening and created a media sensation for Altman's work. Nicholson worked with Anders in several of his films, including ""The Trip"" (1967), ""The Last Detail"" (1973), ""The Missouri Breaks"" (1976), ""Goin' South"" (1978), and ""The Two Jakes"" (1990). Her other film credits include roles in ""When the Legends Die"" (1972),"
"(1965), ""The Knack ...and How to Get It"" (1965), the Michelangelo Antonioni film ""Blowup"" (1966), ""Alfie"" (1966), """" (1966), ""Georgy Girl"" (1966), ""The Jokers"" (1967), ""Casino Royale"" (1967), ""Smashing Time"" (1967), ""To Sir, with Love"" (1967), ""Bedazzled"" (1967), ""Poor Cow"" (1967), ""I'll Never Forget What's'isname"" (1967), ""Up the Junction"" (1968), ""Joanna"" (1968), ""Otley"" (1968), ""The Magic Christian"" (1969), ""The Brain"" (1969), ""If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium"" (1969), and ""Performance"" (1970). The comedy films """" (1997) and """" (1999) resurrected the imagery but were filmed in Hollywood and the 2009 film ""The Boat That Rocked"". Swinging Sixties The Swinging"
"released in 1968. The film version of ""The Magus"" (1968) was generally considered awful; when Woody Allen was later asked whether he would make changes in his life if he had the opportunity to do it all over again, he jokingly replied he would do ""everything exactly the same, with the exception of watching ""The Magus""."" ""The French Lieutenant's Woman"" (1969) was released to critical and popular success. It was eventually translated into more than ten languages, and established Fowles' international reputation. It was adapted as a feature film in 1981 with a screenplay by the noted British playwright (and"
"this particular set was used because it forces the audience to remember that they are witnessing a film, breaking the fourth wall in a literal sense. This type of staging was appropriated from Jerry Lewis's film ""The Ladies Man"". Godard and Gorin use other self-reflexive techniques in ""Tout va bien"" such as direct camera address, long takes, and abandonment of the continuity editing system. Tout Va Bien Tout va bien is a 1972 French-Italian political drama film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and collaborator Jean-Pierre Gorin and starring Jane Fonda and Yves Montand. The film's title means ""everything is going well""."
"comics before ""Valérian"" such as Kline's ""Kaza the Martian"" (a childhood favourite of Mézières), Roger Lecureux and Raymond Poivet's ""Les Pionniers de l'Espérance"" ""(The Pioneers of Hope)"" (which Christin found tired and repetitive) and Jean-Claude Forest's ""Barbarella"". ""Barbarella"" is famous for its strong, female, titular character, but Christin has denied any influence on the character of Laureline stating that she was inspired by Simone de Beauvoir's ""The Second Sex"" as well as the burgeoning feminist movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, contemporary reviews of the early stories by Jean-Pierre Andrevon describe the books as ""Forestian"". Mézières and"
"to create new stories with sentiments more relevant to contemporary life, as in ""Labyrinth"", ""My Neighbor Totoro"", ""Happily N'Ever After"", and the films of Michel Ocelot. Other works have retold familiar fairy tales in a darker, more horrific or psychological variant aimed primarily at adults. Notable examples are Jean Cocteau's ""Beauty and the Beast"" and ""The Company of Wolves"", based on Angela Carter's retelling of ""Little Red Riding Hood"". Likewise, ""Princess Mononoke"", ""Pan's Labyrinth"", ""Suspiria"", and ""Spike"" create new stories in this genre from fairy tale and folklore motifs. In comics and animated TV series, ""The Sandman"", ""Revolutionary Girl Utena"","
"a Pillow"" (1962), but found less favour with ""Nutty, Naughty Chateau"" (1963) starring Monica Vitti. Vadim tried another adaptation of a classic erotic text, ""La Ronde"" (1964). He said at the time, ""When I make a picture about relations between people, something erotic comes through; I can't help it! But sex has been an inspiration, the greatest inspiration, since art exists."" One of the film's many stars was rising American actress Jane Fonda who began a romantic relationship with Vadim. Vadim devised a vehicle for Fonda, ""The Game Is Over"" (1966), based on a book by Émile Zola. Shot in"
"fountain, to the amusement of all. Greedy dogs eat a ""THE END"" sign. Tintin and the Blue Oranges Tintin and the Blue Oranges (originally ""Tintin et les Oranges bleues"") is a 1964 French film directed by Philippe Condroyer and starring Jean-Pierre Talbot as Tintin. It was the second live-action movie, with an original story based on characters from the comic book series ""The Adventures of Tintin"", written and drawn by the Belgian artist Hergé. The accompanying book version is in photos and text rather than the usual comic-book style. The term ""blue orange"" is a moderately popular image among the"
"Jean-Luc Godard, developed in his later works: interrogation about the nature of cinema (Bruno Forestier in the movie: """"La photographie, c'est la vérité, et le cinéma, c'est vingt-quatre fois la vérité par seconde"""" – ""Photography is truth, and cinema is truth 24 times per second"") and the image (the photo-shoot of Véronica). The film was banned in France until January 1963, because of the presence of torture scenes. This was Godard's second feature film (after ""À bout de souffle"") but was released as his fourth movie. This is the first of Jean-Luc Godard's movies starring Anna Karina, who became his"
"""The Bandit of Sherwood Forest"". Par la fenêtre Par la Fenetre is a 1948 French comedy film starring Bourvil. It was a sizeable box office hit. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. A man goes to Paris and finds work as a painter. The film was the fifteenth most popular movie at the French box office in 1948. It ranked after ""The Charterhouse of Parma"", """", ""Clochemerle"", ""To the Eyes of Memory"", ""Les Casse Pieds"", ""Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés"", ""Forever Amber"", ""Blanc comme neige"", ""Notorious"", ""Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves"", ""Man to Men"", ""The Ironmaster"", ""How"
"the gags used in the film. Jo (film) Jo is a French comedy film, originally released in 1971. It is known in English-language territories either as ""Joe: The Busy Body"" or ""The Gazebo"". It was directed by Jean Girault and stars Louis de Funès as playwright Antoine Brisebard, Claude Gensac as an actress and his wife Sylvie Brisebard as well Bernard Blier as inspector Ducros. The script is based on a play by Alec Coppel, published in 1958, ""The Gazebo"". ""Jo"" is its second adaptation, the first one being the 1959 film ""The Gazebo"", starring Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds."